Paella with chicken and seafood. Cooking recipes

The preparation of paella, a traditional Spanish dish, is characterized by the fact that there is no single, unconditional recipe. However, there are some rules to give it a national character. The article will offer recommendations for the preparation of this paella, as well as recipes for dishes with poultry and seafood.

The basic rules are as follows:

First, it is necessary to use different types of meat, fish and seafood at the same time, so that the dish is more saturated.

Secondly, it is recommended to cook it only on a barbecue so that a special, Spanish flavor, as well as in a special flat dish for paella, will appear.

Thirdly, it takes a long time to "torment", so there is no need to use instant cooking rice. Moreover, a small crust must form on the bottom.

Fourth, the use of a large number of seasonings, green onions and lemon is mandatory.

Fifth, the proportion of rice and hot broth should be the following - 1: 3.

Now you can start cooking.

Traditional paella with chicken and seafood is prepared as follows. One chicken fillet is cut into cubes, fried with chopped onions, crushed garlic and slices of two tomatoes. Then add a glass of rice, half a glass of fresh peas and fresh green beans. Everything is mixed with three glasses of chicken broth, thyme, a mixture of peppers (spicy, paprika, black). On the surface lay a sea cocktail in one layer. Cook for about an hour.

Paella with chicken and seafood (shrimps and mussels). Pieces of chicken (500 gr.) To send in a heated pan, fry, add chopped onion, a couple of cloves of garlic, a pinch of paprika. Five minutes later, put two chopped tomatoes and hot peppers. Pour out 250 gr. Rice, as much fresh peas, three glasses of hot chicken broth, salt and a little saffron. Thoroughly mix everything, spread out on the surface of shrimp, raw mussels and sprinkle with black pepper. Now cook about forty minutes. As a result, shrimps should turn brown, and mussels open. It is recommended to serve on a table in the same pan, putting pieces of lemon on top and sprinkling with chopped green onions.

Paella with chicken and seafood, as well as pork and squid. Pork shovel (250 g.) And chicken fillet (250 g.) Are diced, sent to a special pan along with chopped onion, crushed garlic, three tomatoes. Everything is fried, seasoned with pepper (red, paprika, black) and salt. Now add a glass of raw green beans, as much rice, three glasses of hot broth, squid circles. All preparation should be about half an hour on the barbecue. Serve as in the previous recipe.

Paella with chicken and seafood, as well as with smoked sausage. One chicken fillet and three hundred sausage slices finely chopped, fried with chopped onion, add a little salt, pepper (black, curry and red). Now it's necessary to put cubes of one Bulgarian pepper, celery and crushed garlic cloves (3 pieces). All a little fry, add a glass of brown rice, rosemary, thyme and the standard amount of broth. At the top, decompose raw seafood (octopus, mussels, squid rings). Cook for about half an hour. Serve with half a lemon in the same saucepan.

Very delicious is paella with shrimps and paella with mussels uncleaned. The cooking technology is the same as in previous recipes. Half a kilo of seafood will need: a glass of brown rice, 250 grams. String bean, onion, three cloves of garlic, salt, a mixture of seasonings (black pepper, paprika, thyme), three pieces of hot pepper, a liter of vegetable broth.

Bon Appetit!